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On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Paul Hartman |
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<paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Keep in mind that my incremental power costs right now are $0.42/KWH. |
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>> For monthly costs I use 24*365/12 = 730 hours/month. |
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> Wow, it is only $0.07 cents/kWh here (St Louis, Missouri, USA). The |
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> electric company wants to raise rates and the general public is |
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> violently opposed (as always). But it seems like we have it good! The |
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> highest electric bill I've ever had was $89 last summer when we had a |
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> stretch of 100+ degree days... it's a real bargain but I still try to |
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> do what I can to save power, not only because of money but because |
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> it's The Right Thing To Do(tm). |
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> Gentoo is surely not the most power-saving distro when you consider |
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> the load that compiling generates, but there are some things I just |
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> cannot compromise on. :) |
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> They can double, triple, quadruple the electric rates and I'd still be |
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> happy; when the power goes out during a storm, etc., I find myself |
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> bored to death. Give me my electricity and give it to me now, please. |
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> :) |
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Well, power costs more in pretty, clean California, but not that much |
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more. I did say 'incremental' cost but I'm sure it wasn't that clear. |
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We're tiered here with prices in this email rounded to the nearest penny: |
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Up to 201 KWH @ $0.12 => $24.12 |
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Up to 60 KWH @ $0.14 => $8.40 |
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Up to 141 KWH @ $0.28 => $39.48 |
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Up to 300 KWH @ $0.42 => $126 |
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Prices go up pretty fast. We're 10% or more of the nation so there's a |
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big value to reducing our consumption so they raise prices pretty |
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hard. |
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My incremental comment means that other stuff in this house uses the |
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first 302 KWH each month and using or saving power on my office adds |
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or removes cost at $0.42/KWH. This last couple of months I've managed |
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to get down to 75 KWH in tier 4 so my actual costs in that tier were |
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about $31. If I could get to the middle of tier 3 then it would be |
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about a $50/month savings. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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